Search Results for: SMEs
Consumers choose cheaper, faster ‘lawbots’ over expensive, slow lawyers
August 6th, 2018
New research into the use of digital technology in the UK legal sector has revealed that seven out of 10 consumers would choose a ‘lawbot,’ a customer facing, automated online system to handle their legal affairs over a human ...
European Central Bank: How the euro helps small business
July 2nd, 2018
The European Central Bank has published a video explaining how the euro helps small business. As in most parts of the world, micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) form the backbone of the euro area economy. The below video ...
Singapore, Trade and Geopolitics
June 26th, 2018
The Western media was incredulous. The Donald had disregarded diplomacy, scuttled out of the G7 meeting in Canada without endorsing the G7 agreement, and ended up shaking hands with a previously avowed enemy in Singapore. The formally leisurely ...
Spanish banking group Santander to build digital bank in the UK
May 16th, 2018
Spanish banking group Santander said it is building a standalone digital bank in the UK in a move aimed at boosting its online presence. This comes amid intense competition in the market with the rise of digital investment advice ...
European Commission proposed new rules for more flexibility on VAT rates
January 24th, 2018
The European Commission proposed new rules to give Member States more flexibility to set Value Added Tax (VAT) rates and to create a better tax environment to help SMEs flourish. Proposals are the final steps of the Commission’s overhaul ...
The forthcoming global crisis
September 22nd, 2017
The global economy is now in an expansionary phase, with bank credit being increasingly available for non-financial borrowers. This is always the prelude to the crisis phase of the credit cycle. Most national economies are directly boosted by China, ...
‘Robo-Lawyer’ launched for property investing
August 10th, 2017
Legal and fintech startup Bootstrap Legal, brainchild of seasoned lawyer and crowdfunder GC Amy Wan, has launched software that automates the drafting of complex legal paperwork for those raising capital for property projects of $2 million and under. The ...
ESMA Proposes Simplification for Prospectus
July 11th, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is publishing three Consultation Papers (CP) on the Prospectus Regulation. The Prospectus Regulation, in the context of the Capital Markets Union action plan, aims to make it easier and cheaper for companies, ...
Moscow Exchange to establish subsidiary focused on innovative projects
July 6th, 2017
Moscow Exchange announces it will commit its innovative technologies business line and work with fintech start-ups to a new subsidiary company, MOEX Innovations. The Exchange plans to invest up to RUB 1.2 bln into innovation-focused companies and projects. Alexander ...
Business cycles are credit cycles
May 7th, 2017
This article gets to the heart of why central banks’ monetary policy will never succeed. The fundamental error is to regard economic cycles as originating in the private sector, when they are the consequence of fluctuations in credit. It ...
